How poor were you?

Discussion in 'Humor' started by scratcho, Apr 24, 2011.

  1. lunarverse

    lunarverse The Living End

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    We were so poor I only had a tire swing for two weeks before my dad took it for a spare on his Ford.
     
  2. puggybear

    puggybear stars may twinkle-but I shine!

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    Pah! That's NUFFING,Luna.
    WE were so poor there were 12 of us living in a hole in the road which we shared with three other families!
    I used to get up half an hour before I went to bed,and carry my granny piggy-back 25 miles to the mill,where I'd do a 14 hour shift dead-lifting 112lb flour sacks onto trailers before running 15 miles in my bare feet to the docks to start a 12 hour shift stacking lumber by hand-then run back to the mill,collect granny and carry her the 25 miles home where I'd be relentlessly beaten with a broken bottle set into a pickaxe handle until it was time to get up and start again.

    And all for half a plate of cold maggot stew a month!

    But they were good times. . . . .


    [beat THAT,ya sod!]
     
  3. GLENGLEN

    GLENGLEN Banned

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    You Were Lucky, We Were So Poor We Had To Eat Granma Just To Stay Alive...:eek:



    Cheers Glen.
     
  4. lunarverse

    lunarverse The Living End

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    I think that's a lie...


    You would never eat a woman :D




    Love you GLENY


    Cheers, Lunar
     
  5. easygoing

    easygoing conservative jerk

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    We were so poor, we couldn't even afford to go to the free clinic.
     
  6. lunarverse

    lunarverse The Living End

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    We were so poor that "hit the hay" actually meant go into the farm field out back and grab some hay to stuff our mattresses with.
     
  7. deleted

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    we were s p r that we had t use ur O's in sup cause we was starving..
     
  8. puggybear

    puggybear stars may twinkle-but I shine!

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    You all lived in LUXURY!

    WE were so poor we couldn't afford to breathe in!
     
  9. lunarverse

    lunarverse The Living End

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    We were so poor our clothes line was actually a telephone line.
     
  10. newo

    newo Lifetime Supporter Lifetime Supporter

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    What's sad is, when we tell these stories to the younger generation, they don't believe us!
     
  11. puggybear

    puggybear stars may twinkle-but I shine!

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    You're SO right nevvo;

    I was telling some kids earlier today that we were so poor Santa used to leave us an I.O.U. and that we had to go rat-hunting so we could have Christmas dinner,then walk along the beach collecting driftwood to cook it on.
    When I told them we used to rub two boy scouts together to make a spark as we couldn't afford matches the little blighters called me a liar!
     
  12. newo

    newo Lifetime Supporter Lifetime Supporter

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    I was so poor I didn't bother with Santa's IOUs, at Christmastime I deliberately misbehaved so he would leave coal in my stocking! Only thing that kept me warm! But when I tell this story to some young snot does he believe me? NO!!!
     
  13. political squaw

    political squaw Member

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    we were so poor that we didn't even have a grandma to eat :(
     
  14. puggybear

    puggybear stars may twinkle-but I shine!

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    Zat right,squaw....well WE were so poor we couldn't afford ancestors!


    [Ha! do I win a teddy?]
     
  15. Lodog

    Lodog Senior Member

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    We were so poor the only cookbook we had was for different ways to cook ramen noodles
     
  16. puggybear

    puggybear stars may twinkle-but I shine!

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    You had it easy.

    We used to sleep in freezing puddles [which were lent to us] DREAMING of ramen noodle souffle'!
     
  17. newo

    newo Lifetime Supporter Lifetime Supporter

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    (KUDOS TO MONTY PYTHON)

    My dear old Dad supported ten kids with a job cleaning public toilets! After five years he received a promotion: they gave him a brush!
     
  18. puggybear

    puggybear stars may twinkle-but I shine!

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    You had a dad?

    Luxury!
     
  19. newo

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    Yes, my dad was a toilet cleaner and my mom was a shoplifter!
     
  20. easygoing

    easygoing conservative jerk

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    I was so poor, I couldn't afford to put my two cents into a conversation.
     

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